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Call of Legends

HeartGold & SoulSilver · 2011/02/09 · 95/106 cards
A Pokémon-dense set with a pronounced Rare Holo layer, unified by vibrant color and a playful-to-energetic mood range. Most cards favor balanced, focused compositions that keep the subject readable.
Cards106
Pokémon86
Trainers10
Energy10
Illustrators28
Unique Pokémon78
Avg art score69.62
Median art score69.50
Priced cards106
Avg market price$25.74
Median market price$1.67
Collector note
With 106 priced cards and a wide spread between average and median market levels, the set tends to mix many accessible entries with a smaller number of premium outliers. Rayquaza{col1-SL10}(526.66|tcgplayer:holofoil) anchors the top end in a way that can shape completion goals.
Visual identity
The dominant visual language is bright and high-saturation, with vibrant palettes appearing across most of the set and frequent use of contrast to separate figure from background. Art styles skew colorful, cartoonish, and illustrative, while moods stay playful and energetic with occasional calm or serene pauses. Compositionally, the cards favor balanced, focused layouts—often simple at first glance—then punctuated by action and dynamic angles that keep movement legible rather than chaotic.

About Call of Legends

Call of Legends presents a compact, illustration-forward collection: 106 cards with 86 Pokémon, plus an even split of 10 Trainers and 10 Energy. Rarity skews toward shine, with a large band of Rare Holo cards alongside a steady base of Commons and Uncommons. Visually, the set reads bright and approachable, dominated by vibrant color and a mix of cartoonish and illustrative rendering. Compositions are most often balanced and focused, keeping subjects clear while still allowing for dynamic moments.

Within that structure, the art direction stays lighthearted and energetic, with contrasting palettes used to sharpen silhouettes and motion. Dialga{col1-SL2}(88) stands out as a visual highlight, pairing a crisp subject focus with a high-saturation finish. The set’s look is shaped by a broad bench of illustrators, including Ken Sugimori, Ryo Ueda, Noriko Hotta, and Hideaki Hakozaki, whose combined output helps the collection move between clean character presentation and more kinetic, action-led scenes.

Illustrators

Ken Sugimori leads the set by volume, supported closely by Ryo Ueda, Noriko Hotta, and Hideaki Hakozaki. Together they account for a substantial share of the artwork, spanning clean character-forward presentation through more dynamic, digitally inclined scenes, helping the set maintain variety while staying visually cohesive.

Format

Printed total95
Set total106
SeriesHeartGold & SoulSilver
Release2011/02/09

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Ayaka Yoshida
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